Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 10 March 2008.
The short answer is: they can. When the details are announced tomorrow, I would expect the hon. Gentleman to be encouraging his local authority to get involved quite quickly and ensure that it can play a full part. I am sure that he will have been as encouraged as I was to see the Torbay leisure centre and Torbay Olympic gymnastics club listed in the guide of facilities last week, which is more good news for him. Seriously, however, all communities can play a full part and can have a piece of the Olympic games, but it is important that people go out there and create that for themselves, rather than expecting things to fall into their laps.